Facts
as of Nov 13, 2026
NOV is a US oilfield equipment and technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas, supplying drilling rigs and rig components, downhole tools, drill pipe, artificial lift, completion and production equipment and aftermarket services to the oil and gas industry. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it traces its heritage to 1862 and took its current form as National Oilwell Varco in the 2005 merger of National Oilwell and Varco International, with sites in the US, Brazil, Norway, India and Saudi Arabia. It hires assembly and shop technicians, welders and painters, quality, mechanical and robotics engineers, field service technicians, project managers and accountants.
It is hiring: 533 open roles, 226 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Founded
- 1862
- Employees
- 5000+estimated range
- Legal entities
- 2 in 2 countries
- Open roles
- 533 in 133 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- nov.com
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 533 open roles at NOV. NOV is headquartered in Houston, United States. It was founded in 1862. The median pay stated in its open roles is $70k, across 6 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
86/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Field & Service is the largest family, 36 of open roles.
226Posted in 30 days42% of open roles are fresh
<1%Remote roles2 of 533
11Roles in AI2% of open roles
133Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
379 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States379On site
Norway55On site
India51On site
Mexico36On site
United Kingdom34On site
Saudi Arabia31On site
Remote, from elsewhere2Rare
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 2.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
NOV40 days
Market, same roles34 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand95
Pay55
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 260 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
86 / 100NOV scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 82 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 52% have gone stale and 4% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 40 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale52%
Reposted4%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Field & Service36▼
Industrial Engineering24▲
Administrative5▲
Operations4
Backend4▼
Sales4
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English11522%
Norwegian234%
Spanish143%
Danish61%
German51%
French41%
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 49%High School Diploma 46%Master's Degree 3%Associate's Degree 3%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 1%
Experience asked: 4 years on average, in 287 postings. 336 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Retirement plans6212%
Professional development153%
Continuous learning102%
Life insurance102%
Hybrid work71%
401k plan61%
Health insurance41%
Flexible schedule31%
Relocation assistance20%
Contract type
Internship 9
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
What its postings pay, by level.
$83kMedian
$60k – $110kTypical rangeUSD a year
$120kHighest paying roleRegional Sales Manager
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Named in the work visa registers of United States.
1H-1B filings in 12 months
$133kMedian offered salary
212Open roles in United States
In the register as NOV, Inc., Houston, TX
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing May 1, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 133 cities in 31 countries.
133Cities
31Countries
HoustonBusiest site
HoustonFastest growing+25 in a month
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Ranked #3 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)
Technologies named in job postings at NOV over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
155Technologies in use
187Postings analysed
75/100Stack modernityAI adopter
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Newsroom
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Sep 162026
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Jul 292026
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NOV Inc. reports Q2 2026 revenues of $2.13 billion, with increased net income and adjusted EBITDA, amid improving market conditions.Quiver AI SummaryNOV Inc. reported second quar…
Jun 282026
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Apr 282026
News · Quiver Quantitative
NOV Inc. reported Q1 2026 revenues of $2.05 billion, with decreased net income and adjusted EBITDA amid regional disruptions.Quiver AI SummaryNOV Inc. reported first-quarter 2026…
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